I am not sure if this is the correct area to post this But I was hoping you could help me out. I have a Lipizzan/TB filly that is 8 months old. She is in the process of turning grey,but is a mousy black right now. Her eyes are blue! She isn't blind or anything. I am wondering if her eyes could possibly stay like this since she is already 8 months of if her eyes will likely turn to brown? I haven't seen a Lippy or a TB with blue eyes and neither of her parents have them...so I guess I am just curious:wink: Thanks in advance!
P.S PLEASE EXCUSE THE MUD ON HER IN THESE PICS! She had just finished rolling and playing when I let her out...lol. I promise I groom my horses regularly LOL
Part of it looks to be the reflection from the camera flash, also known as eye shine. Do her eyes have that thick blue hue to them outside in the sun too? If so, I don't think that is something that is natural. To me, that screams future sight problems. I would have a vet check it immediately just to rule out any problems. :?
her eyes are blue inside a building and outside in the sun. they are more dark blue like the 1st and 3rd pic rather than the ice blue of the 2nd and 4th. What kind of eye problems could it be?
Please get her checked, as this blue colour is in her pupil, not just the iris. If it is in her pupil it could be something similar to cataracts, in which case she could lose her sight at some point.
tHanks for all the advice. i have only had her about 4 weeks and she was in a darker barn so i really didn't notice them until about a week ago. i will call my vet and at least tell him what is going on and see if you thinks he needs to check it out. i will let you all know as soon as i hear anything.
there isn't a chance they could just be normal blue going to stay blue without health problem eyes?
Every foal Ive ever seen has had blue eyes at birth that slowly change. I have a tealring whos a draft cross and his eyes are brown but still have a hint of a blueish tinge from when he was a baby. By the time hes 2 it should be gone though. I wouldnt worry about it too much unless her eyes seem cloudy or foggy.
I would get pictures of her eyes in the sun without the flash. The blue in the pupil looks like it's form the flash, and in the iris they don't look blue, they look cloudy. I would also call the vet. Better safe than sorry.
Blue eyes are caused by a double creme gene (perlino/cremello), frame, or splash white. Your girl doesn't have any of these so I'd definitely get her checked over.
>>> Blue eyes are caused by a double creme gene (perlino/cremello), frame, or splash white. Your girl doesn't have any of these so I'd definitely get her checked over.
The blue eyes associated by the genes/patterns mentioned above is not navy blue-- it is a much lighter blue-- like these--
I think the appearance of her pupil is due to the flash on the camera. The navy blue tinge to your filly's irises might indeed be just a temporary shade that will turn brown as she gets older (its not uncommon for foals to have a blue or grey or hazel tinge to their eye color that fades to brown as they grow). Some horses keep the "off" shade into adulthood, and it is of no concern.
However if there is any cloudiness, any behavior that would indicate eye pain, compromised sight, etc.--- or just for your peace of mind-- it would not be a bad idea to at least ask the vet and/or have him look at her next time she is out-- always better to be safe than sorry if there is any question or concern at all.
The pupil isn't bright blue, correct? It's black normally?
If it is, then you're fine - the blue is a natural occurance in almost all animals where the light from your flash reflects off the retina; it's like red-eye in humans.
Unless the eye is cloudy blue, I would take a pretty safe guess that she was born with dark blue eyes (not extremely uncommon, I've seen at least four foals that were born with dark blue eyes) that will eventrually fade to brown.
thanks for all the great advice. her eyes are dark blue all the time since i have had her in sunlight and not in sunlight. They are not the ice blue that I have seen on Paint horses. So just to be sure I am going to have the vet out anyways. Thanks again
The eyes sometimes look like that, especialy on older horses, but it's not the iris that's blue it's the fluid in the eye that make that color. And when you take a photo in the dark it wil always glow a little. Sometimes if you take a pic straight in to the eyes thatäre realy glowing, maybe you've seen a horse from the car a dark night and the first thing you see is the eyes~
If they glow like that the eyes is all fine! You should worry if they didn't =)
Blue eyes s when the whole eye is light blue, comonly when a white part goes near or around the eye.
How interesting. I know that foals born that have at least one cream gene can be born with teal or navy eyes but usually they change within a week after birth. And plus one of her parents would have to be dilute and/or a cream carrier.
her father is a Lipizzan and is grey and her mother is the TB and is definitely sorrel (or chestnut...whatever you want to call it ) no cream gene....odd...odd...odd...
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